Pie pan



April 9, 1940- L. w. wYMAN 2,196,574

mav PAN Filed llarch 20. 1939 Lolas ZL'. wig/mmv INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 9, 1940 PIE PAN y Louis W. Wyman, Silverton,l Colo.'

Application March zo,

2 Claims.

This Invention relates to ple pansand has for an object to provide a pie pan having vsegmental shaped removable sections positively held spaced apart to permit the passing of a knife therebe- 5 tween in orderl to cut through the bottom crust of the pie and permit a segment `of pie being removed without breaking the same;

A further object is to provide a device of character which will be formedv of a few strong lo simple and durable parts, which will be inexpensive to manufacture, and which will not easily get n out of order. y, l

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details oi.' conf li struction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to Within thescope of the appended claims without departing from Ithe spirit or sacrificing anyv of 20 the advantages of the invention. y

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specication:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a pie pan con- I structed in accordance with the invention.

z5 Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of the pie pan f taken on the line 2--2V of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail cross sectional view showing one of the slots in the upper flange of the pie pan and showing one of the sections so provided with a tongue engaged in said slots for spacing the section vfrom adjacent sections.

Figure 4 is a perspective lview of one of the removable sections of the pie pan.

Referring now to the drawing in whichlike as characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, I designates a pie pan having an upper flange I I and provided with openings or slots I2 at equally spaced intervals.

The pie pan is provided `with a plurality of ref movable segmental shaped sections I3 adapted to conform in size to the shape of the serving of pie.

1939, Serial No. 263,033

n (Cl. 53-6) These sections willvary in numberaccording to the size of the pie. .Each section is provided with.y an upper ange I4 adapted to lie along the upper flange II of thepie pan, as best shown in Figure 3. The flange is provided with a lip I5 which prog,

jects outwardly'from approximately thecentervof the flange I4 as best shown in Figurei and is provided with a downwardly struck tongue I6 adapted to enter a respective opening l.I2 in the flange of the pie pan. n In practice thetongues I6 engage 104 in the openings I2 ofthe pie pan and positively hold the sections I3 spaced from each other as best shown in Figure 1. 'I'he' spaces II between the sections permit the passing of a knife between v. the sections to cut thevbottom crust of the pie 1I and`l permit the section of pie' so severed being removed unbrokenfrom the remainder ofthe pie when the removable section I3 is lifted bodily fromthe pie pan. j vFrom the above description it is thought that the construction and operation ofthe invention will be fully understood without further explanation.

What is claimed is: l. A pie pan comprising a pan having a flange, segmental shaped 4 removablev sections spaced apart in the pan and having lips engaged upon said'ange, and means between the lips and the ange for positively holding the sections spaced apart yto permit insertion of a knife therebetween for severing the bottom crust of a pie. n `2L A pie pan comprising a pan having a ange, segmental shaped removable sections spaced apart in the pan and having lips engaged upon said ange, said flange having openings therein,

and downwardly struck tongues carried by the lips engaged in ysaid opening and positively holding the sections spaced apart to permit yinsertion of a knife for cutting the bottom crust. f 

